Asteraceae
Achillea
Achillea millefolium

Achillea millefolium subsp. alpestris (Wimm., Günther & Grab.) Gremli

First published in Excurs. Fl. Schweiz, ed. 3: 225 (1878)
This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is Mountains of Europe. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subalpine or subarctic biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Austria, Czechoslovakia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland

Introduced into:

Great Britain

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • GCC (2011). Global Compositae Checklist http://compositae.landcareresearch.co.nz/.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • von Raab-Straube, E. (ed.) (2011). Compositae. Euro+Med Plantbase. The Euro+Med PlantBase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/query.asp. [Cited as Achillea millefolium subsp. sudetica.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • GCC (2011). Global Compositae Checklist http://compositae.landcareresearch.co.nz/.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • von Raab-Straube, E. (ed.) (2011). Compositae. Euro+Med Plantbase. The Euro+Med PlantBase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/query.asp.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [s.n.] Switzerland Achillea millefolium var. alpestris K002351147 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Switzerland Achillea millefolium var. alpestris K002351149 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Austria Achillea millefolium var. alpestris K002351133 Yes
Felsmann, C. [s.n.] Poland Achillea millefolium var. alpestris K002351138 Yes
Araur [s.n.] Achillea millefolium var. alpestris K002333224 Yes
Gladstone, J. [86] United Kingdom Achillea millefolium var. alpestris K002350978 Yes
Richter, C.; Schultz, F. [s.n.] Austria Achillea millefolium var. alpestris K002351136 Yes
Keller, L. [s.n.] Austria Achillea millefolium var. alpestris K002351134 Yes
Prihoda, A. [s.n.] Achillea millefolium var. alpestris K002351140 Yes
[Augustenowey] [74] Russia Achillea millefolium var. alpestris K002333223 Yes
Johnston, H.H. [[85]] United Kingdom Achillea millefolium var. alpestris K002350975 Yes
Gamble, H. [s.n.] Italy Achillea millefolium var. alpestris K002351142 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Achillea millefolium var. alpestris K002351141 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [5402] Switzerland Achillea millefolium var. alpestris K002351146 Yes
[Augustinowicz] [s.n.] Achillea millefolium var. alpestris K002351145 Yes
Höger [s.n.] Poland Achillea millefolium var. alpestris K002351144 Yes
Keller, L. [s.n.] Achillea millefolium var. alpestris K002351132 Yes
Beeby, W.H.; A.L.S. [s.n.] United Kingdom Achillea millefolium var. alpestris K002350977 Yes
Beck, L. [s.n.] Austria Achillea millefolium var. alpestris K002351131 Yes
[C. Rutenz] [s.n.] Poland Achillea millefolium var. alpestris K002351143 Yes
Karo, F.; Dorfler, I. [371] Russia Achillea millefolium var. alpestris K002333225 Yes
Richter, K. [s.n.] Austria Achillea millefolium var. alpestris K002351135 Yes
Schöpke, W. [s.n.] Poland Achillea millefolium var. alpestris K002351139 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Switzerland Achillea millefolium var. alpestris K002351148 Yes
Gander [s.n.] Austria Achillea millefolium var. alpestris K002351137 Yes
Dennis, R.W.G. [s.n.] United Kingdom Achillea millefolium var. alpestris K002350976 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0